New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 124

124 Power of entry

(1) For the purposes of this Part the Ministerial Corporation or any person authorised by it, may enter any land and take levels and make surveys and marks, and fix pegs and stakes, and inspect any artesian well or bore and works in connection therewith, and measure and take the pressure of any artesian well or bore.

(2) Any person hindering it in the exercise of such powers shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 100 penalty units.

(3) Any person who removes, injures, or interferes with any marks made, or pegs or stakes fixed as aforesaid, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 5 penalty units.